Print buying

Stora Enso restructure to reflect renewable packaging importance
Stora Enso is set to implement a new, leaner and flatter organisational structure with seven P&L responsible business areas to reflect the importance of its core business of renewable packaging in the...

IPIA Annual Networking Lunch set for return
The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) will once again hold its Annual Networking Lunch in June in Birmingham, although with a change of venue this year.

Printers prioritising price to win new work risk “race to the bottom”
Printers cutting their prices to win new work risk creating a “race to the bottom”, IPIA general manager Brendan Perring has warned, after a Printweek poll found that 51% of printers consider price to...

Eight Group adds B2 digital in major Konica Minolta spend
Eight Group has completed a major revamp of its printing setup, including the installation of the UK’s first Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1e B2-plus LED UV sheetfed inkjet press.

The Weedon Group appoints new managing director
Independent corrugated packaging manufacturer The Weedon Group has appointed a new group managing director.

Walstead closes York, but still hopes for reprisal
Walstead Group has confirmed the closure of its York facility, while simultaneously hoping to get the factory going again at some point.

Liquidators appointed at Blackwell Print
Liquidators are now in place at historic Great Yarmouth-based printer Blackwell Print, which closed its doors at the end of February.

Palm offers to acquire five corrugated box plants from International Paper
German paper and packaging group Palm has made an offer to acquire five corrugated box plants from International Paper (IP).

John Lewis launches new glossy publication
John Lewis is supporting its Home brand with the launch of a new, glossy home publication.

Brand Packaging Network launch aims to transform packaging into dynamic media channel
The Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) has announced the launch of the Interactive Brand Packaging Network (IBPN), a new initiative that aims to establish packaging as a...